Нови Логос, Еnglish plus 1, уџбеник

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VOCABULARY AND LISTENING • Weather conditions
I can talk about the weather.
THINK! Do you like hot or cold weather? How many different types of weather can you say
in English?
Extreme weather around the world 1 2
The wettest place
Mawsynram in India is one of the wettest places in the world. This small
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village in India gets about twelve metres of rain every year.
The hottest place
Death Valley in California is the hottest place in the USA. The highest
temperature ever was 56.7°C in 1913! Although it can be really 2 ,
it can also be very 3 at night, with temperatures below 0°C.
The coldest place
Vostok Station in Antarctica is probably the coldest place
on Earth. The lowest temperature ever was −89.2°C in
1983! Antarctica is the 4 continent at the South Pole,
with about 87% of the world’s ice. It can also be very
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. The strongest wind ever was 327 kilometres an
hour in 1972.
The foggiest place
The foggiest place in the world is Argentia in
Canada. About 200 days every year are 6 .
Newfoundland can also be very 7 , with a lot of
thunder and lightning.
1 2.33 Check the meaning of the words in the
box. What words can you match to photos 1–4?
Listen and check.
sunny cold foggy windy icy snowy
hot rainy cloudy stormy
2 Complete the texts with some of the words in
exercise 1.
3 2.34 Listen to an interview with explorer
Stephanie Lowe. What do you think she is going to
do in Antarctica? Listen and check your answer.
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5 2.34 Listen again and
choose the correct answers.
1 Stephanie is also a …
a teacher.
b photographer.
c doctor.
2 98% of Antarctica is …
a ice.
b snow.
c water.
3 In Antarctica Stephanie will see …
a polar bears.
b polar bears and penguins.
c penguins and whales.
4 The weather in November will be …
a sunny, windy and cold.
b sunny and cold.
c cold and rainy.
5 The temperature will be about …
a -13°C b -33°C c -30°C
6 She’ll communicate with her friends and
family with a special …
a mobile phone.
b laptop.
c radio.
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4 Read the study strategy. Then read the questions
in exercise 5 carefully. Are there any answers you
can guess now?
study strategy
Guessing answers before listening
Before you listen, read the questions carefully and
see how many answers you can guess.
6 USE IT! Work in pairs. Ask and answer
questions about the weather. Use the phrases in
the box and the words in exercise 1.
in spring / summer / autumn / winter
last weekend today yesterday
What’s the weather like today?
It’s hot and sunny.
86 Going away
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